Creative Residency
Bloedel Reserve
Artists at any career stage apply for a three-week residency at Bloedel Reserve, demonstrating a strong connection to nature.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- 4 days left
- Entry fee
- $20
- Award
- $1,000
- Location
- Washington, United States
About
Overview
The Creative Residency at Bloedel Reserve fosters creative thinking inspired by nature and explores the connection between humans and the environment. Selected artists and innovative thinkers receive a three-week stay on the Reserve's 150 acres of sculpted gardens, forests, meadows, and wildlife habitats.
Key Dates
- Applications accepted July 15 - September 1, 2026
Eligibility
- Open to artists based anywhere in the world
- Any stage of career (emerging, mid-career, established)
- Must demonstrate strong connection to nature through inspiration, material use, or research focus
Residency Details
- Length: 3 weeks
- Housing: Private housing on campus (individual apartment/cabin/house)
- Access to private kitchen; no meals provided
- Partially accessible facilities (50% or more)
- One artist in residence at a time; collaborative residents must apply and be accepted individually
Compensation & Fees
- Artist stipend: $1,000 USD
- Travel/material stipends: $0
- Residency fees: $0
- Application fee: $20 USD
Disciplines Accepted
The program welcomes artists and innovative thinkers from a wide variety of disciplines, including: Acting, Animation, Architecture, Art Conservation, Art Education, Art History, Augmented Reality, Biology, Blacksmithing, Book Arts, Ceramics/Clay, Choreography, Computing, Costume/Fashion Design, Criticism, Dance, Digital Fabrication, Digital Media, Documentary, Drawing, Ecology, Electronic Arts, Environmental Arts, Film, Fine Metals/Jewelry, Glass Arts, Graphic Design, History, Illustration, Industrial Design, Installation Arts, Interdisciplinary Arts, Journalism, Landscape Architecture, Literary Arts, Literature, Mathematics, Mixed Media, Moving Image, Multimedia Arts, Music, New Genres, Nonfiction, Opera, Painting, Paper Arts, Performance Art, Philosophy, Photography, Playwriting, Poetry, Printmaking, Public Art, Science, Screenwriting, Sculpture, Social Practice, Sound Art, Storytelling, Symphony, Textile & Fiber Arts, Theater, Translation, TV + Radio, Urban Planning/Design, Virtual Reality, Visual Arts, Woodworking, Writing.
Additional Information
Applicants may be asked to participate in public programming. Pets are not allowed. Housing is family-friendly (N/A on specific family facilities). In the most current year, 10 artists were accepted from a pool of 273 applicants.
- Award
- Three-week residency with access to 150 acres of gardens, forests, meadows, and wildlife habitats; $1,000 artist stipend
- Theme
- The residency fosters creative thinking inspired by nature and explores the connection between humans and the environment.
- Eligibility
- Open to artists based anywhere in the world at any stage of career; must demonstrate strong connection to nature through inspiration, material use, or research focus.
- Audience
- Open to artists based anywhere in the world at any stage of career
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